HM Land Registry has launched New Builds in Depth, a new customer training workshop for conveyancers, developers and other property professionals who regularly work on new build registrations.

The free 90-minute online session has been developed in response to customer feedback and shaped by consultation with five focus groups. It focuses on the areas where customers said they wanted more practical guidance and support with new build applications, including worked examples.

The session will cover four areas that conveyancers say commonly create difficulties in new build applications:

• multi-title lodgement
• restrictions
• plans issues
• e-signatures (not including qualified e-signatures)

The workshop will also include a live Q&A, giving attendees the opportunity to put questions to HM Land Registry casework experts who specialise in new build applications.

HM Land Registry’s Customer Training Lead, Roger Holdom, said:

New build applications can be complex, particularly where they involve multiple titles, restrictions, plans or the use of e-signatures.

We developed New Builds in Depth after customers told us they wanted more practical guidance, worked examples and time to ask detailed questions about the issues they see most often.

The session brings together our new build casework expertise and customer training support, so conveyancers and other property professionals can leave with clearer steps they can apply when preparing and lodging applications.

The workshop is part of HM Land Registry’s wider programme of free customer training and support, designed to help professional customers get applications right first time.

Customers who already receive HM Land Registry customer training updates should look out for their invitation. Property professionals who do not currently receive updates can register for the workshop using this link: New Builds in Depth workshop.

Background

1. HM Land Registry registers the ownership of land and property in England and Wales.
2. Applications that create a new title, including many new build registrations, can be more complex than other application types and are among those with higher requisition rates.
3. New Builds in Depth is a free online customer training workshop for professionals who lodge new build applications with HM Land Registry.
4. The launch session takes place on Tuesday 7 July, from 10am to 11.30am.
5. The workshop has been shaped by customer feedback and consultation with five focus groups.
6. The session will cover multi-title lodgement, restrictions, plans issues and e-signatures, followed by a live Q&A with HM Land Registry specialists.
7. For more information about HM Land Registry customer training, visit the HM Land Registry training hub on GOV.UK.
8. Sign up for training emails, updates and newsletter Right First Time by subscribing to HM Land Registry communications.

source: GOV